fishplate7 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 For those of you who may have missed it earlier this evening (and I include myself in this!) tune in to BBC FOUR (tv) at 2.30am tomorrow morning Monday for a programme titled 'The Joy Of (Train) Sets - the model railway story from Hornby to Triang and beyond! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Thanks and well spotted fishplate7. Youtube link below for anybody who missed BBC broadcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Have it recorded. Many times better than Trainspotting Live, it really does show the hobby in a positive way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Past-Avenue Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Just great and ill watch it again thanks fishplate7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Watched it last night, very caring and passionate documentary. Really enjoyable. Shocking to think there was half a billion sterling worth of trains coming in from Germany in 1914 (in today's money). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Superb programme. It always beats me why railway enthusiasts - especially if interested in modelling - are seen by some as nerds who have never grown up, yet it's acceptable to watch overpaid, bottle-tanned spoilt brats spending ninety minutes running round after a ball, at the end of which the score is either 0-0 or 1.0. Or, those who like cars, motor bikes, ships or planes: all forms of transport, so what's wrong with us! Excellent programme, "caring" as Weshty says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 We are a special breed, nothing wrong with that, let them mock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Totally agree, Popeye! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I got stuck into it, only to have a sneaking suspicion I'd seen before beneath a fog of Arthur, so I said I'd give it a go whilst having the evening meal. Herself ate her dinner with Facebook on the phone, and all was well, until the bit about 4mm and Frank Hornby came on. The rant started slowly, but built to a crescendo - "would it have been that f**kn hard to scale the track and gauge correctly, ya bloody clown, so we'd not have to suffer the piss and vinegar of 00, EM, P4, and countless other f**ckin standards, like code 75, 82, 83, 100, and one more thing....." Missus just looked up briefly and said "I've no idea what yer on about, and the child is sleeping, so keep it down. Why don't you talk to the "lads" about this... I went into a huff, pretended I was seven, with that Class 31 in the roundy roundy under the bed, and the world was all right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 The roundy roundy under the bed...heh! What was absolutely endearing was to see these grown men revert in an instant into bright eyed young fellas as they talked about their first set/railway experience. Especially Peter Waterman. Worth an absolute snotload and yet his passion as he discussed his first Trix plastic set had me grinning and chuckling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Very true. Also, did you see the programme about the origins of preservation on just before it tonight? Truly excellent programme. It was the same type of treatment, only 12ins to the foot scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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